Marrying Gold and Jade

The phrase "picking up what's left" was actually said by Lin Yu himself a few years ago.

But if she were asked to choose now, she wouldn't dare to believe her own judgment.

What if that person also likes Wan Ying?

Seeing that she remained silent, Ruan said, "Hey, when you were twelve or thirteen, who was it that insisted on asking your brother to take you with him? Why are you hiding at home now that you are old enough?"

"No place is better than home," Lin Yu said, "Of course I miss you and Dad."

She subconsciously looked at her father and saw that his expression seemed to have improved, but he still refused to look at her any more.

After a while, he said, "Since Yu'er doesn't want to, then don't urge her for now."

Ruan refused: "She is fifteen this year. If you don't urge her, what will you do when she is seventeen or eighteen? For a girl, choosing a husband is choosing the rest of her life..."

Lin Yu used to be annoyed by her mother's nagging, but now she felt warm and satisfied, without any impatience.

He only mentioned the matter of the little mute after dinner, saying that he was tired from taking care of his flower garden, so he transferred a servant over to help.

"I renamed him Mingyuan. Ming means 'a loud cry', and Yuan means 'a hidden dragon in the abyss'."

Ruan praised the two words as being very well chosen, but Lin Jianchang didn't react much, so Lin Yu quietly turned his gaze to Lin Ji.

It seems that he has never complained about himself to his parents.

Lin Yu naturally would not be grateful, and he didn't even know how long this peace could last.

Yaoguang Courtyard after dinner.

"I have already made an appointment with Ah Ji. He will take you to the lake for a boat trip in a couple of days when he takes a day off."

"Ah?" Lin Yu's face turned bitter, "Mom, I don't want to go!"

It’s not that I don’t want to go boating, I just don’t want to go with Lin Ji.

Ruan Shi was so insightful that she asked her, "Your father and I were not here today. Did you have a tantrum with Ah Ji?"

"Who told you that?"

"Who told me that you refused to go to the banquet with him, and you didn't speak to him in the dining room today?"

No one knows a daughter better than her mother. Lin Yu pursed her lips and didn’t respond.

Ruan sighed, "Yu'er, I was 28 when I gave birth to you, and I didn't give you any brothers or sisters. After your parents pass away, who will support you?"

"Could it be that Lin Ji could do that?"

"Of course not," Ruan held her hand, "Aji is a promising child, and he is also grateful. Although he is a little cold, he is like this to everyone by nature, and he is not targeting you."

"Listen to my mother's advice. Don't be petty with him. If you are not in a hurry to choose a son-in-law, then put it aside for now. Ah Ji is sure to have no shortage of young and promising men around him. If you get closer to him, he will naturally keep an eye on you."

Lin Ji, keep an eye on her?

We are really getting further and further away from the topic.

But he couldn't convince his mother, so Lin Yu could only reluctantly say: "Okay, then I'll go."

By the way, go out and ask where there are more snakes.

This is her first night back.

As soon as Lin Yu lay down and closed his eyes, the chaotic scene appeared before his eyes.

She saw two men fighting.

One was Lin Ji, and the other’s face could not be seen clearly, but she somehow knew that it was the fifth prince who had asked to marry Lin Wanying.

They both wanted Wan Ying, but there was only one Wan Ying. In order to fight for her, the swords in their hands collided, and iron flowers were barely worn out.

The battle was fierce when Lin Yu suddenly saw himself jumping out.

She shouted loudly: "I am the daughter of the Lin family, Wanying is pretending to be me!"

The sword paused.

In order to protect Wan Ying's identity, the two men suddenly pointed their swords outward and stabbed at her together.

In the dream, I couldn't move, but the little mute appeared from nowhere and stood in front of me again.

Bleeding.

"what--"

The sound was heart-wrenching, waking up the little maid who was napping at the door, and also startling Zhu Lian Qing Dai who was resting in the ear room.

Two personal maids hurriedly came in, dressed in their clothes, sat down beside her bed and asked, "What's wrong with the girl?"

"Little mute..." Lin Yu grabbed a hand randomly and asked, "Where is he, where is Mingyuan?"

It is obviously not in accordance with the rules to question a servant right after waking up in the morning.

But Zhu Lian saw that her forehead was covered with sweat, so she could only explain in a gentle voice: "Mingyuan is a foreign man after all, it is not in accordance with the rules to live in Yaoguang Courtyard, so you should go back to the lower room in the courtyard to rest at night."

"Take me to him!"

"This..." Even someone as steady as Zhu Lian was at a loss for a moment.

Unexpectedly, Lin Yu climbed down from the bed and said, "I'm going now."

The two men had no choice but to quickly help her change her clothes and comb her hair, but they kept everything simple.

On the way, he kept muttering: "The girl just said that she woke up early today and wanted to go out to relax, don't say that she went to look for him on purpose!"

It's just dawn.

It was not yet time to go to work, and the people in the house were just waking up one after another, but Mingyuan had already packed up and opened the door.

Seeing a group of people standing in the yard, especially the girl in the middle, he momentarily suspected that he had seen it wrong.

When he realized what was happening, he immediately closed the door behind him, blocking out the men lying all over the room.

He took a few steps forward and saw tears in Lin Yu's eyes. He subconsciously raised his left hand, but did not dare to wipe it on her face. He seemed at a loss for a moment.

"Where's the bell?"

Mingyuan hurriedly took it out from the bag on his chest, placed it in his palm, and handed it to her.

A crisp sound came into her ears, dispelling her restlessness like a calming spell.

She could hardly distinguish between her past life and her dreams.

Both exist only in her memory and there is no strict boundary between them.

Only this bell separates the little mute from his past and present life.

"This is a gift from me to you. You must keep it well."

She spoke very seriously, and Mingyuan looked at the tears in her eyes and nodded seriously.

There was some noise coming from the lower room behind him, indicating that someone inside had gotten up.

He immediately pointed to the gate of the courtyard. Lin Yu understood that he was asking her to leave first.

"Then let's go."

Now thinking back to that time, Mingyuan followed behind me, actually for protection.

When he was around, other servants in the outer courtyard did not dare to cause trouble.

Seeing him nod and follow, Lin Yu felt much more at ease.

Zhu Lian Qingdai didn't say anything the whole time. On the way back, she just followed Lin Yu's slow pace.

I was in a hurry when I came here, but I am not in a hurry to go back. Lin Yu got up early and walked so much, but now he felt his legs were sore and he was lazy when he walked.

After finally reaching the moon cave gate, I saw someone coming towards me in the dim light.

He wore a scarlet round-collar shirt with cloud and goose patches, a black gauze hat on his head, and a gold belt around his waist.

It’s Lin Ji.

Not long after the spring examination ended this year, he was transferred from the imperial capital back to Songjiang to serve as the prefect. Lin Yu did not expect that the government office would report so early, and he had to set off before dawn.

The image of him holding a sword to kill him flashed back in Lin Yu's mind. He was frightened and consciously led his men to step aside and let him go through the door first.

The man was not humble and walked past her in his black boots.

They had quarreled twice yesterday, and the atmosphere was awkward when they met again today. It was only when Cao Shun behind him called out "Miss" that the awkwardness was broken.

Lin Ji walked about ten feet away, then stopped as if he remembered something.

He tilted his eyebrows and turned his eyes, "Mother told me yesterday that you were going to go boating."